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If an urn has 5 white balls 10 red balls what is the probability that 5 randomly selected balls contain exactly 3 white balls?

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Answer:

0.15

Step-by-step explanation:

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====> It is given, that there are 5 white balls and 10 red balls. Hence, the number of the total balls = 5 white balls + 10 red balls = 15 balls.

Therefore, the probability that 5 randomly selected balls contain exactly 3 white balls = [tex]\left[\begin{array}{ccc}5\\3\end{array}\right][/tex]  × [tex]\left[\begin{array}{ccc}10\\2&\end{array}\right][/tex]  ÷  [tex]\left[\begin{array}{ccc}15\\3\\\end{array}\right][/tex]  = 450 ÷ 3003 = 0.15

The probability of 5 randomly selected balls contain exactly 3 white balls will be "0.1499".

Given:

  • Number of white balls = 5
  • Number of red balls = 10
  • Total number of balls = 15

The number of chosen 5 balls out of 15 will be:

= [tex]\binom{15}{5}[/tex]

= [tex]3003[/tex]

The number of ways 3 white balls chosen from 5 as well as 2 red balls chosen from 10 will be:

= [tex]\binom{5}{3}\times \binom{10}{2}[/tex]

= [tex]450[/tex]

hence,

The probability that 5 random balls selected will be:

= [tex]\frac{No. \ of \ ways \ the \ event \ can \ happen}{Total \ no. \ of \ ways}[/tex]

By substituting the values, we get

= [tex]\frac{450}{3003}[/tex]

= [tex]0.1499[/tex]

Thus response above is correct.

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